• Regarded as one of the finest female actors in the
history of Hindi cinema, Nutan was noted for playing unconventional
parts, and her performances often received praise and accolades.

• Nutan holds the record of five wins of the Best
Actress Award at Filmfare, which was held by her for over 30 years until
it was matched by her niece Kajol in 2011.

• She is overall the most-awarded actress in the
female acting categories at Filmfare, with six awards alongside Jaya
Bachchan.

• In 1974, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

• In 2010, Filmfare included her performance in
Bandini in its "80 Iconic Performances" list. Anupama Chopra included
the film in her list of "The 20 Best Hindi Films Ever Made", calling her
role of Kalyani "one of Hindi cinema’s most complex and fully realised
female characters". In 2013, conducting a list of "25 Greatest Acting
Performances of Indian Cinema" in celebration of 100 years of Indian
cinema, Forbes India included Nutan's performance, hailing her work as
"the best acting by a lead actress in Indian cinema".

• In 2011, Rediff.com listed her as the third-greatest actress of all-time.

• A postage stamp, bearing her photo, was released in
her honour by India’s Minister of State for Communication and
Information Technology in February 2011.

Interesting facts

• She formed a popular screen couple with evergreen
star Dev Anand and the two acted in four films together – Paying Guest
(1957), Baarish (1957), Manzil (1960) and Tere Ghar Ke Samne (1963).

• Actresses like Sadhana and Smita Patil noted Nutan
as their influence. Sadhana was once quoted as saying, "If there was
any actress I modelled myself in the lines of, it was the versatile
Nutan in Seema, Sujata and Bandini. Parakh was [also] a film where I
really followed Nutan."

• It is said that two of her movies – Naseebwala
(1992) and Insaniyat (1994) were released after her death.
Interestingly, it is said that even Vinod Mehra, who was also part of
Insaniyat, died during the filming of the movie.

• Nutan sang and penned at least four songs of her movie Mayuri.

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